Pacific Waves for Monday 9 February 2015

4:07 PM.PNG government signals backtrack on West Papua call; Scrutiny of Fiji accounts going well; Emphatic NZ reception for Tonga's new PM; Sacked Fiji TV executives take their complaints to police… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.The Papua New Guinea government has clarified its position with regards to Indonesia after strong statements from prime minister Peter O'Neill on human rights abuses in neighbouring Papua. Audio

4:04 PM.The chair of Fiji's Public Accounts Committee says its members are cooperating well as they scrutinise seven years' worth of government accounts. Audio

4:03 PM.Tonga's newly elected prime minister received a passionate welcome by Tongan residents in New Zealand. Audio

5:07 AM.The fallout from the Fiji Government's dispute with Fiji TV and World Rugby has continued, with the sacked executives filing a complaint with the police against the Attorney General. Audio

5:06 AM.A new report from Human Rights Watch says Papua New Guinea's human rights record took a turn for the worse in 2014. Audio

5:05 AM.Sacked Fiji TV executives take their complaints to police; Human rights are backsliding in PNG; Hospitals struggle with effects of climate change; The Cook Islands reviews its minimum wage; Calls for… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.The World Health Organisation says hospitals in the Pacific region are struggling to cope with the effects of climate change and coastal erosion. Audio

5:02 AM.The Cook Islands government is appealing to the public for input on the local minimum wage. The Minimum Wage Review Panel is compiling a report which will be submitted to the Internal Affairs… Read more Audio

5:01 AM.Landowners in Solomon Islands living below the country's closed gold mine are calling for swift action to drain the mine's tailings dam as heavy rains continue in the country. Audio